Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 9387P

WH Smith PLC

12 December 2024

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
12 December 2024

WH Smith PLC
Transactions in own shares

WH Smith PLC (the 'Company') announces the purchase, in accordance with the authority granted by shareholders at the Company's Annual General Meeting on 26 January 2024, of 24,252 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 12 December 2024 as part of the buyback programme announced on 23 September 2024 (the 'Programme'). The Company intends to cancel these shares. Since the announcement of the programme (the 'Programme'), the Company has purchased a total of 752,122 Ordinary Shares. The Company has 130,164,812 shares in issue . This number represents the total voting rights in the Company and may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they can determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in the Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules. The table below contains detailed information about the purchases referred to above.





Schedule of purchases

Shares purchased:			WH Smith PLC (ISIN: GB00B2PDGW16)
Date of purchases:			12 December 2024
Investment firm:			Barclays

Aggregate information

Venue		Aggregated number of ordinary shares purchased			Volume-weighted average price per share		Lowest price per share	Highest price per share
London Stock Exchange		24,252			12.4140		12.3500	12.5000


In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (as it forms part of domestic law of the United Kingdom by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018), a full breakdown of the individual trades made by Barclays on behalf of the Company is set out below.
Transaction Time	Time Zone	Volume	Price	Currency		Platform Code	Transaction reference number
08:08:55	GMT	84	12.5	GBP		XLON	606278901018018666
08:09:33	GMT	396	12.48	GBP		XLON	592205149472867404
08:09:33	GMT	251	12.48	GBP		XLON	592205149472867414
08:15:10	GMT	97	12.49	GBP		XLON	606278901018154062
08:15:10	GMT	143	12.49	GBP		XLON	592205149472997272
08:15:10	GMT	232	12.49	GBP		XLON	592205149472997271
08:15:10	GMT	288	12.49	GBP		XLON	606278901018154072
08:25:00	GMT	236	12.45	GBP		XLON	592205149473195232
08:25:00	GMT	38	12.45	GBP		XLON	606278901018342921
08:25:00	GMT	47	12.45	GBP		XLON	606278901018342920
08:35:45	GMT	21	12.44	GBP		XLON	592205149473437175
08:35:45	GMT	73	12.44	GBP		XLON	592205149473437174
08:39:32	GMT	111	12.44	GBP		XLON	592205149473522400
08:39:56	GMT	122	12.43	GBP		XLON	592205149473532130
08:41:02	GMT	2	12.43	GBP		XLON	592205149473561842
08:54:59	GMT	17	12.44	GBP		XLON	592205149473880304
08:54:59	GMT	20	12.44	GBP		XLON	606278901018991107
08:54:59	GMT	65	12.44	GBP		XLON	606278901018991106
09:04:04	GMT	95	12.46	GBP		XLON	592205149474099376
09:06:21	GMT	96	12.46	GBP		XLON	606278901019245253
09:07:49	GMT	98	12.46	GBP		XLON	592205149474182314
09:07:49	GMT	231	12.46	GBP		XLON	606278901019276004
09:07:49	GMT	320	12.46	GBP		XLON	592205149474182319
09:07:49	GMT	348	12.45	GBP		XLON	592205149474182318
09:07:49	GMT	70	12.46	GBP		XLON	592205149474182324
09:22:15	GMT	82	12.44	GBP		XLON	592205149474515766
09:22:15	GMT	150	12.44	GBP		XLON	592205149474515767
09:22:15	GMT	232	12.44	GBP		XLON	606278901019591421
09:22:15	GMT	129	12.44	GBP		XLON	606278901019591425
09:47:50	GMT	239	12.43	GBP		XLON	592205149475104865
09:47:50	GMT	100	12.43	GBP		XLON	592205149475104868
09:49:00	GMT	69	12.43	GBP		XLON	592205149475126864
09:49:00	GMT	100	12.43	GBP		XLON	592205149475126865
09:49:00	GMT	74	12.43	GBP		XLON	592205149475126866
10:08:48	GMT	97	12.44	GBP		XLON	592205149475565089
10:08:48	GMT	193	12.44	GBP		XLON	592205149475565090
10:08:48	GMT	357	12.44	GBP		XLON	592205149475565088
10:21:09	GMT	90	12.45	GBP		XLON	592205149475869181
10:21:09	GMT	90	12.45	GBP		XLON	592205149475869182
10:21:09	GMT	145	12.45	GBP		XLON	592205149475869180
10:21:18	GMT	89	12.44	GBP		XLON	606278901020875091
10:21:18	GMT	100	12.44	GBP		XLON	606278901020875089
10:21:18	GMT	128	12.44	GBP		XLON	606278901020875090
10:48:41	GMT	129	12.42	GBP		XLON	606278901021514053
10:49:57	GMT	93	12.41	GBP		XLON	592205149476579494
10:49:57	GMT	165	12.41	GBP		XLON	592205149476579495
10:49:57	GMT	172	12.41	GBP		XLON	592205149476579493
10:49:57	GMT	206	12.41	GBP		XLON	592205149476579500
10:53:36	GMT	94	12.4	GBP		XLON	592205149476662524
11:11:04	GMT	97	12.41	GBP		XLON	606278901022054644
11:11:04	GMT	97	12.41	GBP		XLON	606278901022054645
11:11:04	GMT	224	12.41	GBP		XLON	592205149477119085
11:11:04	GMT	99	12.41	GBP		XLON	606278901022054653
11:13:47	GMT	44	12.38	GBP		XLON	606278901022129935
11:13:47	GMT	53	12.38	GBP		XLON	606278901022129934
11:53:41	GMT	93	12.37	GBP		XLON	606278901022989099
11:55:53	GMT	28	12.37	GBP		XLON	606278901023038232
11:55:53	GMT	71	12.37	GBP		XLON	606278901023038231
12:03:58	GMT	86	12.39	GBP		XLON	606278901023211693
12:03:58	GMT	123	12.39	GBP		XLON	592205149478344698
12:07:11	GMT	47	12.39	GBP		XLON	592205149478414373
12:07:11	GMT	52	12.39	GBP		XLON	592205149478414372
12:08:40	GMT	88	12.39	GBP		XLON	606278901023307851
12:11:57	GMT	90	12.4	GBP		XLON	592205149478516131
12:14:45	GMT	11	12.4	GBP		XLON	606278901023436477
12:14:45	GMT	74	12.4	GBP		XLON	606278901023436476
12:17:39	GMT	41	12.4	GBP		XLON	606278901023498146
12:17:39	GMT	56	12.4	GBP		XLON	606278901023498147
12:20:19	GMT	12	12.4	GBP		XLON	592205149478708420
12:20:19	GMT	78	12.4	GBP		XLON	592205149478708421
12:23:41	GMT	38	12.4	GBP		XLON	606278901023624562
12:23:41	GMT	62	12.4	GBP		XLON	606278901023624561
12:26:37	GMT	87	12.39	GBP		XLON	606278901023680676
12:27:13	GMT	100	12.4	GBP		XLON	606278901023694740
12:27:20	GMT	42	12.39	GBP		XLON	606278901023697561
12:27:20	GMT	335	12.39	GBP		XLON	606278901023697562
12:27:20	GMT	28	12.39	GBP		XLON	592205149478860034
12:27:20	GMT	320	12.39	GBP		XLON	592205149478860033
12:27:20	GMT	242	12.39	GBP		XLON	606278901023697569
13:01:27	GMT	71	12.38	GBP		XLON	592205149479615736
13:01:27	GMT	89	12.38	GBP		XLON	592205149479615731
13:01:27	GMT	89	12.38	GBP		XLON	592205149479615738
13:01:27	GMT	89	12.38	GBP		XLON	592205149479615739
13:01:27	GMT	300	12.38	GBP		XLON	592205149479615734
13:24:09	GMT	92	12.44	GBP		XLON	606278901024908402
13:24:09	GMT	92	12.44	GBP		XLON	592205149480148126
13:32:45	GMT	10	12.44	GBP		XLON	606278901025121341
13:32:45	GMT	93	12.44	GBP		XLON	606278901025121344
13:32:45	GMT	95	12.44	GBP		XLON	606278901025121340
13:32:45	GMT	105	12.44	GBP		XLON	606278901025121342
13:32:45	GMT	140	12.44	GBP		XLON	592205149480372745
13:32:45	GMT	227	12.44	GBP		XLON	606278901025121339
13:32:45	GMT	228	12.44	GBP		XLON	606278901025121352
13:32:45	GMT	228	12.44	GBP		XLON	592205149480372765
13:32:45	GMT	228	12.44	GBP		XLON	606278901025121364
13:32:45	GMT	61	12.44	GBP		XLON	592205149480372772
13:32:45	GMT	61	12.44	GBP		XLON	592205149480372773
13:50:46	GMT	8	12.43	GBP		XLON	592205149480899507
13:50:46	GMT	79	12.43	GBP		XLON	592205149480899508
13:50:46	GMT	389	12.43	GBP		XLON	592205149480899506
13:50:46	GMT	166	12.43	GBP		XLON	592205149480899511
13:50:46	GMT	231	12.43	GBP		XLON	592205149480899512
13:53:02	GMT	87	12.42	GBP		XLON	606278901025672820
14:13:03	GMT	86	12.42	GBP		XLON	592205149481533237
14:13:52	GMT	23	12.41	GBP		XLON	606278901026232300
14:13:52	GMT	63	12.41	GBP		XLON	606278901026232302
14:13:52	GMT	77	12.41	GBP		XLON	606278901026232298
14:13:52	GMT	86	12.41	GBP		XLON	592205149481554801
14:13:52	GMT	86	12.41	GBP		XLON	592205149481554802
14:13:52	GMT	86	12.41	GBP		XLON	592205149481554803
14:13:52	GMT	86	12.41	GBP		XLON	592205149481554804
14:13:52	GMT	86	12.41	GBP		XLON	606278901026232301
14:13:52	GMT	86	12.41	GBP		XLON	606278901026232303
14:13:52	GMT	248	12.41	GBP		XLON	606278901026232299
14:26:23	GMT	94	12.39	GBP		XLON	592205149481954808
14:26:23	GMT	94	12.39	GBP		XLON	606278901026608884
14:26:23	GMT	100	12.39	GBP		XLON	606278901026608883
14:26:23	GMT	211	12.39	GBP		XLON	606278901026608882
14:26:23	GMT	126	12.39	GBP		XLON	606278901026608887
14:42:25	GMT	54	12.39	GBP		XLON	592205149482599511
14:42:25	GMT	85	12.39	GBP		XLON	592205149482599510
14:42:25	GMT	371	12.39	GBP		XLON	592205149482599509
14:43:18	GMT	5	12.4	GBP		XLON	592205149482629707
14:43:18	GMT	85	12.4	GBP		XLON	606278901027246406
14:43:18	GMT	176	12.4	GBP		XLON	592205149482629705
14:43:18	GMT	227	12.4	GBP		XLON	592205149482629703
14:43:18	GMT	345	12.4	GBP		XLON	592205149482629709
14:43:18	GMT	259	12.4	GBP		XLON	606278901027246410
14:43:18	GMT	63	12.4	GBP		XLON	606278901027246444
14:43:18	GMT	126	12.4	GBP		XLON	606278901027246486
14:54:15	GMT	94	12.39	GBP		XLON	592205149483067344
14:54:15	GMT	94	12.39	GBP		XLON	592205149483067345
14:54:15	GMT	94	12.39	GBP		XLON	592205149483067346
14:54:15	GMT	94	12.39	GBP		XLON	592205149483067347
14:54:15	GMT	94	12.39	GBP		XLON	592205149483067348
14:54:15	GMT	94	12.39	GBP		XLON	606278901027659699
14:54:15	GMT	323	12.39	GBP		XLON	606278901027659697
15:02:05	GMT	68	12.39	GBP		XLON	592205149483420701
15:02:05	GMT	100	12.39	GBP		XLON	592205149483420699
15:02:05	GMT	100	12.39	GBP		XLON	592205149483420700
15:02:05	GMT	230	12.39	GBP		XLON	592205149483420707
15:05:21	GMT	324	12.38	GBP		XLON	606278901028106537
15:16:32	GMT	99	12.37	GBP		XLON	592205149483937451
15:16:32	GMT	99	12.37	GBP		XLON	592205149483937452
15:16:32	GMT	99	12.37	GBP		XLON	592205149483937453
15:16:32	GMT	322	12.37	GBP		XLON	592205149483937450
15:16:32	GMT	21	12.37	GBP		XLON	606278901028483512
15:16:32	GMT	155	12.37	GBP		XLON	606278901028483511
15:30:46	GMT	95	12.4	GBP		XLON	606278901028980094
15:30:46	GMT	391	12.4	GBP		XLON	606278901028980093
15:30:46	GMT	39	12.4	GBP		XLON	606278901028980101
15:30:46	GMT	320	12.4	GBP		XLON	606278901028980099
15:30:46	GMT	67	12.4	GBP		XLON	592205149484462342
15:30:50	GMT	43	12.42	GBP		XLON	592205149484464977
15:30:50	GMT	52	12.42	GBP		XLON	592205149484464978
15:33:38	GMT	43	12.4	GBP		XLON	606278901029085062
15:47:52	GMT	13	12.41	GBP		XLON	592205149485106587
15:47:52	GMT	38	12.41	GBP		XLON	592205149485106586
15:47:52	GMT	40	12.41	GBP		XLON	592205149485106585
15:49:09	GMT	5	12.41	GBP		XLON	606278901029631061
15:49:09	GMT	41	12.41	GBP		XLON	606278901029631059
15:49:09	GMT	46	12.41	GBP		XLON	606278901029631060
15:50:20	GMT	84	12.41	GBP		XLON	606278901029672666
15:50:20	GMT	91	12.4	GBP		XLON	592205149485192295
15:50:20	GMT	383	12.4	GBP		XLON	592205149485192294
15:50:20	GMT	39	12.4	GBP		XLON	592205149485192300
15:50:20	GMT	180	12.4	GBP		XLON	592205149485192301
16:01:03	GMT	97	12.43	GBP		XLON	606278901030080738
16:01:39	GMT	293	12.42	GBP		XLON	592205149485648069
16:06:17	GMT	42	12.42	GBP		XLON	606278901030297213
16:06:17	GMT	52	12.42	GBP		XLON	606278901030297212
16:06:17	GMT	94	12.42	GBP		XLON	592205149485851245
16:06:17	GMT	209	12.42	GBP		XLON	592205149485851244
16:06:17	GMT	292	12.42	GBP		XLON	592205149485851243
16:06:17	GMT	382	12.42	GBP		XLON	606278901030297223
16:09:52	GMT	30	12.41	GBP		XLON	606278901030452195
16:09:52	GMT	94	12.41	GBP		XLON	592205149486013770
16:09:52	GMT	295	12.41	GBP		XLON	592205149486013769
16:12:58	GMT	249	12.38	GBP		XLON	592205149486192678
16:12:58	GMT	78	12.38	GBP		XLON	592205149486192883
16:16:45	GMT	288	12.37	GBP		XLON	606278901030848873
16:16:45	GMT	34	12.37	GBP		XLON	592205149486429313
16:20:03	GMT	326	12.35	GBP		XLON	606278901031033299
16:23:21	GMT	320	12.35	GBP		XLON	592205149486815434
16:23:24	GMT	2	12.35	GBP		XLON	606278901031219851
16:29:56	GMT	227	12.36	GBP		XLON	606278901031587050


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